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Mansonia
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Translingual
Etymology
From Scottish physician Patrick Manson mul ia.
Pronunciation
English:
en /mænˈsəʊ.ni.ə/ RP
en əʊniə 4
en /mænˈsoʊ.ni.ə/ GA
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Culicidae a widespread mosquito that carries filarial worms and whose larvae and pupae obtain oxygen directly from plants underwater
Hypernyms
genus ; Culicinae subfamily subfamily; Mansoniini tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Mansonia (Mansonia) subgenus 1, Mansonia (Mansonioides) subgenus 1 subgenera
Mansonia titillans species type species; Mansonia uniformis species selected other species
References
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Mansonia (Culicidae) Mansonia (Culicidae)
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